Pedal Commander vs. 9 Drive

If you are interested in vehicle customization, you must have heard about many aftermarket products by now. Rapidly advancing technology allows drivers to choose from countless options for improving their vehicles, and this advancement also creates fierce competition between manufacturers.

One area in the aftermarket industry with intense competition is throttle response controllers. Numerous options are available, and things may get a little bit complicated as everyone says pretty much the same thing in their advertisements.

Although all throttle response controllers have the same function, regardless of their brand, and even though all seem to be achieving some sort of successful result, they have crucial differences regarding their efficiency, build quality, reliability, and after-sales support.

One of our competitors, 9 Drive, competes against us with a remarkable price difference. Apart from the pricing, there are many more differences and many factors to consider. Let us explain the differences as honestly as possible.

Pedal Commander vs. 9 Drive: What Do Throttle Controllers Do?

Modern vehicles have drive-by-wire throttle systems to seamlessly integrate several features, such as cruise control or stability control systems. Drive-by-wire systems are beneficial in many areas but lack one crucial aspect: The instant throttle feel of the old cable throttles.

Throttle controllers amp up the signal from the throttle sensor and eliminate the throttle delay as much as possible, mimicking the cable throttles of the past. Pedal Commander and 9 Drive aim to have the same function, and both succeed.

Throttle controllers are more reliable and practical than other aftermarket parts because they don’t intervene in how the engine runs. However reliable they are compared to other upgrades, you can come across varied build quality and efficiency for essentially the same product. You have to be smart when spending your money on these little devices, and the best way to decide is to read reviews and comparisons.

Here’s our take on our very own Pedal Commander versus 9 Drive.

Pedal Commander vs. 9 Drive: What Do They Offer?

Pedal Commander and 9 Drive are are like apples to oranges when it comes to throttle controllers. Let’s explore what both controllers offer.

What Does 9 Drive Offer?

• 9 Drive costs $149.00.
• Apparently, 9 Drive has nine acceleration modes: Normal, Econ, P1 Sports, P2 ultra-Sports, and P3 race mode (manual & auto for Econ, P1, P2, P3).
• Then, when you dive deeper into their product page, this time 9 Drive announces five modes:
• Normal mode helps you return your car to its original factory settings.
• Sport mode improves throttle response.
• Sport+ mode offers more advanced performance and acceleration with better throttle response.
• Race mode is designed for more aggressive performance and acceleration.
• Econ mode decreases the throttle response and promises fuel consumption.
• On its official website, 9 Drive claims to have 40 adjustable programs, but it emphasizes that Sports mode and Econ mode support 10 (from 0 to 9) adjustable programs. 
• 9 Drive indicates inconsistent and unclear information about its modes and settings (9 or 5 modes? Actually, it has only 4 different modes because Sport+ mode and Race mode perform the same functions).

• 9 Drive has no practical mobile app.
• There is no sufficient information about how to use 9 Drive on the official website.

What Does Pedal Commander Offer?

Unlike the information (or lack of it!) on 9 Drive's official website, the information about Pedal Commander’s features you will read is consistent, clear from A to Z, and exactly the same as on our website.

Let’s discover how Pedal Commander is better than 9 Drive below:

• Pedal Commander is $299.99.
• Pedal Commander has four main modes. ECO, City, Sport, Sport+.
• Each mode has nine different sensitivity levels (up to 36 settings in total) and can easily be changed by pressing the Star button or through the mobile app.
• Pedal Commander has an anti-theft mode as another layer of security when your vehicle is parked. Anti-theft mode makes the accelerator pedal unoperational when activated.
• ECO mode decreases the throttle response and improves fuel economy.You can use this mode as a valet mode or a teenage driver mode, or you can use it when you need more precise throttle modulation, such as driving on snow or off-roading.
• City mode offers a smooth ride with significantly enhanced throttle response.
• Sport mode makes your vehicle even faster for spirited driving.
• Sport+ mode takes your vehicle to the ultimate level of mind-blowing acceleration and lets you feel its true potential.
• Pedal Commander is equipped with Bluetooth connectivity and offers an easy-to-use mobile app.

Pedal Commander vs. 9 Drive: Which One to Get?

If you’ve read this far, you can easily say that the Pedal Commander is the superior one in this comparison. First and foremost, we aim to provide our customers or soon-to-be customers with clear, honest, and consistent information on our website.

9 Drive’s website is full of contradictory information about its features. While its homepage claims to have nine driving modes, the product features category states that there are five. Other than that, even though it has a low price tag, it doesn’t offer wireless control of its unit and no mobile app for your convenience.

The Pedal Commander is the one to get. Let us back up our statement even further:

• Pedal Commander has many awards and certifications, including CARB certification, which makes it legal for use in California. It has also received multiple SEMA Awards for Data Excellence and Packaging Design and CE, ISO 9001, and TÜV Austria certifications!
• Pedal Commander has a two-year warranty and a 30-day-no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. 
• Pedal Commander’s headquarters are in Camarillo, California. Its team of highly skilled experts offers one of the best customer services in the automotive aftermarket industry. You can reach our customer service via live chat, phone, mail, website, and mobile app.
• Thanks to Pedal Commander’s Bluetooth connectivity, you can receive over-the-air updates. We can also push a custom throttle mapping if none of our 36 modes satisfy you.
• Professional drifters Odi Bakchis, Simen Olsen, Rome Charpentier, and Adam Knapik, UFC legend Dan Ige, off-road racers Dave Mason Jr, Blake Wilkey, Ryan Rodriguez, Pleasant Cook, Monster Jam drivers Tyler Menninga and Adam Anderson, Bari Musawwir Motorsport drivers Destin Cantrell and Vicki Golden, and influencers such as Kristen Strout, Hannah Martinez, Summer Richardson, and Mitchel Matthews recommend Pedal Commander.

Above all this, more than 15,000 positive, 4.9-star reviews mean a lot to us. It is the sole evidence that Pedal Commander is the best throttle controller money can buy!